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THE SOUAOTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1808.
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For & week or mare thtre lias been
renewed activity at th Country tl.ub
grounds. It won expneted that n. team
of base ball and rjolf player from Iho
Harrlsburg Country club would be here
to play a golf match this morning and
a base ball game thin afternoon with
this clty' Country club players, bu
word was received last night that all
th a Harrlsburg people could not come
owing to the doatli of n. Bister of one,
of their number.
The base ballgam,whlch was to hare
been at Athletic park, has been can
celled, but the golf match wilt be
played beginning at 3 o'clock thin af
ternoon. The Scranton players will be
opposed by a team of visitor-) among
whom ore several Harrlsburg men who
arrived here yesterday. Both teams
will have dinner at the Country club,
A dance will be held In the evening.
All members of the club are expected
to be present, although no formal In
vitations have been Issued.
On every Saturday, beginning next
week, there will be handicap golf
matches for players of both sexes.
Prizes of golf balls and sticks, as the
winners may choose, will be awarded.
Tho handicapping and general super
vision of tho matches will be by the
groundskeeper. On days when matches
with visiting players are on, tho local
handicap events will follow the for
mer. Sirs. J. L. Mott gave a thimble tea
Thursday for her sister, Miss Bunnell,
and MIes Good, of Lock Haven. There
wero rrcsent Miss Lcfforts, of New
York city: tho Misses Ilanley, the
Misses Nettloton, Mrs. Willis Klrkpat
rlck, Mrs. Wlllard Matthews, Miss
Mott, Miss Simpson, Miss Plerson and
Miss Torrey.
Miss Marie Relnhard, of Petersburg,
and John C. Blatter, of South Scran
ton, were married Thursday morning
In tho Mtmin Avenue Lutheran church
by tho postor. Rev. Mr. Zttzleman. Tho
couple were unattended. They are en
joying a brief tour, and will reside in
the central city.
A very pretty wedding took place last
evening in which Miss Delia Lenahan,
of Scott street, and Edward Austin, of
Bcranton, were united. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Father Rellly
at the parochial residence of Father
Curran at East End. Tho bride was
attired In a handsome silk gown and
carried an exquisite bunch of roses.
After the ceremony the couple left for
tho resldenco of tho bride's parents,
where a wedding supper 'was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin will take a short
wedding trip, aftctf which they will go
o housekeeping In a neatly furnished
.omo at 149 Scott street.t Miss Maine
i.ynch acted as bridesmaid and the best
man waa A. N. Smith. Wilke3-Barre
NewB-Dealec Friday.
Miss Gilbert, of Harrlsburg, is tho guest
of Miss Archibald.
H. W. Brady, Jr., of Trenton, Is tho
guest of James Blair.
J. B. Jones, of Wellsboro, Pa., is visit
ing friends on the West Side.
Thomas McAndrew, of Eynon street,
has resumed bis studies at Niagara uni
versity. Frank Hajrls, of Hastings, Neb., is tho
guest of A, B. Holmes, of South Mam
uvenue.
Mrs. Daniel J. Hull, Jr., of Twelfth
street, Is visiting relatives at Clark's
Summit.
Miss Jennie Moses, of North KHmore
avenue, has returned from a visit at Phil
adelphia. Miss Estelle Alexander has returned
from a a six weeks' visit with relatives in
Lisbon, O.
Mrs. P. W. Joyco and niece, Miss Anna
Lorls, have roturned from a stay ut
Lake Ariel.
Mrs. Thornwell, of Philadelphia, Is the
1 Kuost of Mrs. L. Lauroan, of North Sum-
nor avenue.
) Rev. J. V. Moylan, of Honesdale, has
returned to his charge after a short visit
in this city.
SPrlvate John Redmond, of Company F,
Thirteenth regiment, Is homo on a thlrty-
dray furlough.
jpesk Sergeant Rldgeway, of the police
department, and his wife, are visiting n
NeJw York cty.
iohn Kllcullen, tha South Washington
avicnue merchant, Is in New York city on
a (business trip.
Allss Lucy and William Reltenauer, of
Humpton street, are home from a trip
td Now York city.
JMrs. LduIso Lauman and son, Roy, of
worth Sumrer avenue, havo returned
flrom a visit at Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Wlnton, of Sander
won avenue, have as their guest Mr. Ar
tJhur Twltchell, of Portland, Me.
Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of North
Bromley avenue, have as their guest
Bliss Fanny Towncnd, of Wyoming.
Miss Anna Phillips, daughter of Con
tractor Ben S. Phillips, has returned
from an extended visit at Atlantic City.
Mrs. James A. Mellon and Clarko Brown
aro In New York city attending the tu-
neral of their brother, William Brown.
Private Joseph Gurrcll, of Company B,
Thirteenth regiment, is visiting his futh
or. Chief Gurrcll, of North Ninth street.
Conductor W. H. Daniels, of South
Hyde Park avenue, has as his guest his
father, J. J. Daniels, of Ulossburg, Tioga
county.
Miss Nellie Jenkins, of Danville, an
employe of the Correspondence school,
lias taken up her residence with Miss Eva
Brown, of Capouso avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Watts Cooke, of Paterson.
N. J aro visiting this city for a few days
and aro guests of Mr. and Mrs. E, P.
Kingsbury, S43 Clay avenue.
Dr A. J. and II. A, Council and their
families have remmed their residence in
Scranton after rpeudlng the summer at
Lake Ariel, where they huvo cottage.
Hon. C. C. Jadwln nnd daughter, Mrs.
Pattorson. nnd daugmtep-ln-law Mrx.
Edgar Jadwln, of Honesdale, wero In the
city yesterday the guests of C. I. Jauwin,
the real estat broker.
Mrs. 8. M. Backus and little (laughter,
Ruth, of Philadelphia, who have been
spending a few weeks with their friend
Jr. and Mrs. M, Jl, Evans, returned to
nelr home Wedneiday.
iMrx. J. C. Moyer, of Lafayette street,
(turned yesterday from Clifford, Pu.,
isre she tcpresented tho Jackson Street
artist church nt tho minimi sessions of
la Ablngton Baptist association.
The Antiquity of Qlass.
L Glass bus been employed, we know.
loth for decorative und dumrstlc pur-
oses since tliu dawn of emulation, The
farilesl remain dr.to from Egypt Sl'Ct It.
... ana are picsoned In th K.itlH loua.
feum. It Is an uroulot In the form of n
lion's heed, of cpfco.u blue color, wltu
klereglyhloa that determine ttc ilute. uti
lie rock-cut tombs of the necropolis of
lemphts gless'blowers were deploted a
r)y ei J900 B. C. Stories are told bjr
Injr, jostphus and other writers to ao
lint for Its dUcovery; but these art
ry doubtful, so that we havo only to
upoa facts attested by actual rt-
mains. Tho discovery was doubtless for
tuitous; such lucky finds are often tho
work of chance. Whon It occurred wo
ottinot dotcrmlno; but to far as we know,
Hrypt, as she was the germ of all civil
isittons, was also the mother of this art,
which she applied to a multitude of pur
poses, ntrunRSly excepting that which wo
Um most necessary: namely, to admit
light Into buildings. The dwellers by the
Nile handed down tho art to the l'hnc
nlclans, who In llko manner bequeathed
It to tho Assyrians: then It was passed
along to the Persians nnd the Greeks:
thoti to tho Romans and tho nyzantlnes,
who In turn communicated it to the Veno.
tlsns: the monks of tho Middle Ages ap
propriated It to beautify tholr Gothic
temples, and so It camo down the cen
tutls to modern times. Woman's Homo
Companion.
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PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Jitin A. llearne Is rewriting "Hearts
at Qui:."
Clrooe I-illtlnn will bo James O'Neill's
new lcr.dlue lady.
A melodrama has been pro.luced In
London with the title of "Snowdrops,"
Tbo Rocers brothers are to Le started
thU season ir. a pluy written by John J.
McNally.
After thin season's tour of "Purt'nnond
Wilson," Edwin M. Mayo proposes to
take tho piny to England.
Roso Coghlan has returned to vaude
vlllo and Is appearing In n one-uct sketch
called "Between Matinee and Evening."
Tim Murphy Is to star this season in a
play called "Tho Carpetbagger." John
II. Blackwood, of this city, Is his advanco
man.
Lillian Ruspoll will flngln Berlin for sis
weeks and will then visit St. Petersburg,
Vienna nnd other continental cities. Sho
oxpects to return homo before Christmas.
"In Old Kentucky," which is a favorito
in every city in tho country, will enter
upon Its sixth season this month. Tho
company still retains tho original Picka
ninny band, and tho supporting company
Is said to bo a very strong one.
Mine. Melba Is a good oarswoman nnd
sho Is fond of rowing on tho upper reach
es of tho Thames. She Is well known by
tho riverside, both above and below Mar
low, nnd may almost nny duy be heen
skimming the waters In her trim-built
wherry.
The war revenue law requires that the
atrical companies contribute to tho war
revenue $10 for each state played. To tho
companies that cross tho continent tho
tax accumulates into a considerable fund;
whllo thuso that play every state In ono
senson would find their prollts reduced
$500.
Ethel Mnrlowe will play Polly Love In
"Tho Christian." Tho piny will bo in fivo
acts. Tho first scene will picture tho
ruins of Dccl Castlo, Islo of Man; tho sec
ond, saloon of Coliseum Music hall, Lon
don; tho third, club room of the Church of
St. Mary Magdalene, Soho, nnd the fourth
Glory's apartments In Clement's Inn,
London. Tho fifth scene Is the sumo as act
third.
Among the war plays to ho Introduced
so far announced, aro ns follows: "Tho
Maine Avenged," "Tho Dawn of Free
dom," "A Cuban Patriot," "A Daughter
of Cuba," "Sunk nt Snntlngo," "Tho Com
modore," "A War Correspondent," "Tho
Slego of Santiago," "Between tho Lines,"
"With Dewey nt Manila," "The lierous
of '9S," "Hobson's Choice," und "Voung
Miss Cuba."
Lew Docltstader some years ago becamo
heavily Involved pecuniarily nnd It looked
as If his liabilities wero to such an amount
that ho would never bo nblo to pay his
creditors: but he went to work on a pal
ary and ono by ono ho settled with them,
and after four or live years of Incessant
labor ho was at lost ablo to reach the end
of tho long list of claimants. Today ho
is nblo to say, "I owo no man." Lew
Dockstador's courage Is to bo commended.
Such men are a credit to the profession.
The Omaha Bee editorially comments
upon Clay Clement's "A Southern Gen
tleman" thus: "Wo want to make a. pre
diction: It Is trut Clay Clement, who
last night produced nt Boyd's opera
house his own play, 'A Southern Gentle
man,' will not only become one of Amer
ica's greatest actors, but will ho known
as one of America's greatst playwrights.
'A Southern Gentleman' Is In sentiment,
action, humor and human interest nbovo
tho ordinary drivel und rot, so common
upon tha stago today, as the heavens aro
above tho earth."
Sir Roderick's Luck.
"Foiled!" sho shrieked. "Jho boy shill
bo mine!"
"Caramba!" hissed Sir Roderick. "What
shall I do?"
Clearly ho was balked In his design to
possess himself of tho heir of Pclton
Manor.
Upon tho morrow the circus would havo
arrived; there was no time to lose.
As for borrowing a neighbor's child to
take to the show, tho neighbor's children
would all bo In use. Detroit Journal.
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Poor clothes cannot make
you look old. Even pale
cheeks won't do it.
Your household cares may
be heavy and disappoint
ments may be deep, hut
they cannot make you look
old.
One thing doe3 it and
never fails. ,;&.,
It is impossible to look
young with the color of
seventy years in your hair.
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permanent!' postpone the
t!l-Ule signs of ige. Used
according 'o directions it
gradually beings back the
-:olor of youth. At fifty your
tiiir may look as It did at
fifteen. It thickens the hair
alto; stops it from falling
out; and cleanses the scalp
from dandruff. Shall we
tend you our book on tbe
Hair and lis Diseases?
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MUSICAL QUESTION BOX.
rrofesmr J. Alfred Pennington, director of tho Scrcnton Conserva
tory of Music nnd organist of Kim Park church, has consented to re
ply In tho Saturday Tribune to questions concornlng muslo and musi
cal topics asked by Tribune readers. ISvory reader Interested in music
Is at liberty to nsk for Information. Questions may ho addressed to
'Musical Question Box, care of Tribune," or they may bo addressed
to Professor Ptnntngton. Only the writers' Initials will appear In
connection with the answers to their questions. They may sign ficti
tious initials If they doslre to remain entirely unknown.
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S. B. C--1. I was so fortunate ns to
hear the groat French organist, Alex
andre Gullmant, of Pailx, on the oc
casion of his organ concert given last
spring In the First Mothnulsl F.pl
copal church, Wllkes-Barre. I shall
bu greatly obliged If you will stoto
wlicro he plays In Paris, nlso some
thing as to tho character of the
church service.
Answer Since The Trlbuno compos
ing room is fitted up with special rcf
nrence to the English language, and not
to tho French, It will be Impossible to
exactly Indicate tho name of tho church
where tho great organist plays in Paris,
In English it la the "Church of the
Trinity," which stands in n large
square not far from the Grnndo Boule
vard. The church Is one of the largest
and most important of the Roman
Catholic churches of Paris. It con
tains two organs; the principal, or
"grand orguc," is situated nt the cn
tranco end of tho church, high up in
nn imposing gallery. At the opposlto
end of the church, also In a stone gal
lery, and at tho right of tho altar, is
a smaller organ used in accompanying
tho choir. This plan of having two
organs is customary In all tho Parislun
churches. Gullmant, of course, pre
sides nt the largo organ, nnd until com
paratively recently, Salome, nn excel
lent composer for tho organ, now de
ceased, was organist for tho choir. It
Is Sunday morning, and we will attend
morning service at the "Church of the
Trinity." Provided with our cards of
admission to tho organ gallery, wo en
ter the church nnd find, In ono of tho
side chapels, nn old womnn, to whom
wo show our cards. Sho nods her head,
nnd with n polite "oul, messieurs," sho
lends us back to tho vestibule and un
locks n door leading to a stone stalr
way. After putting a few sous in the
old woman's hand, wo ascend the wind
ing stairs, up, up to the gullery con
taining tho largo organ. Wo at once
pay our respects to Mons. Gullmant,
whom we find seated ut the key-desk,
or console, which Is reversed nnd faces
the altnr. On looking about us wo
find tho gallery contains a company of
persons, principally students of tho
great master, since it is not ensv for
others to obtain the coveted admit
tance. Wo are far above the floor of
the church and can converse in low
tones without disturbing the worship
ers below. Above, nnd back of us,
towers tho splendid organ which wns
built by the great organ builder of
Paris, Cnvaille-Coll, one of tho fam
ous organ builders of the world. But
listen, the music has begun. Tho
choir Is chanting to music written
In one of the nnclent Gregorian scales.
known In English ns "plain song, ac
companied by tho weird harmonies np
proprlato to It played by the choir
organist. To accompany plain song
properly is the greatest difficulty with
which the French organist has to con
tend, for in no country In Christendom
is so much care taken to preserve tho
traditions of rlaln song as in France.
The melody of plain song Is written on
a staff of four lines, and tills melody Is
nil the organist has before him. The
scales In which these melodies nre
written were derived from the ancient
Greek scales or modes by St. Ambrose,
A. D., r,90, and added to by Gregory
about A. D. 000, Since then these
scales nre radically different from our
mnjor nnd minor scales, nn entirely
different method of harmonization must
be used. The organist must, therefore,
be ablo to Improvise tho proper har
monies to any of these scales, an abili
ty which comes only after long study
nnd prnctlce. And now tho choir has
censed and the great masters' turn bus
come at our end of the church. Crash!
goes the great organ and Gullmant,
with every stop drawn. Is playing one
of his marvellous Interludes, also har
monized nccordlng to the laws of plain
song. This interlude is of some lengtn,
and, in musical parlance. Is true to tho
principles of musical form, symmetri
cal and rounded not ono of the four-mcasure-pardon-me-if-I-lntrude
- kind.
The Instant tbe Interlude Is finished
the choir begins again and thus the
two ends of the church answer each
other nntlphonally, Gullmant's Inter
ludes being each time radically differ
ent; now soft and sweet, now majestic
and grand. In addition to these Inter
ludes, Mons. Gullmant plays the offer
tory, the communion and the postlude.
The time for the latter has come and
the students come Hocking around the
key-desk. What will it be? A fugue
by Bach, as Is most generally the ense,
or one of the master's Improvisations?
He will improvise a fugue today. And
now follows a performance which is
nothing short of marvellous a per
formance which, combining ns it does
musicianship of the rarest kind with all
the contrapuntal devices known to mu
sical composition, cannot be equalled
by any other living organist. And now
the whole Is brought to an end with
a grand climax. Tho great man mod
estly receives our enthusiastic praise,
and bidding him a hearty "nu revolr,"
with our minds full of what wo have
Just heard, we descend the stairs and
pass out upon the throbbing streets of
Paris.
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Student. Is thero nny one book con
taining, more or less complete, tho
Ihes of tho famous composers?
Answer. A book complied by Na
than II. Dole, and published by Crow
ell & Co., New York, entitled "A Score
of Famous Composers," Is the best
book published, giving a short epitome
of the lives of tho composers. It may
be found In tho Albright public li
brary. "Famous Composers nnd Their
Works," a mucli larger and more com
prehensive work, published by the J.
B. Mlllett company, Boston, Is of great
er value, since It Is copiously Illustrat
ed, The letter press, Illustrations nnd
music are splendid examples of tho
printer's art, and the wholo work may
justly be termed an "edition de luxe."
It Is published In thirty parts, nt fifty
cents u part, and by subscription only,
o
Pedal. What do you think of the
method of Indicating the right hnnd
pianoforte pedal tho sustaining pedal
as given In the musical Journal
known as tho Etude?
Answer. It Is nothing less than n
means of successfully continuing the
glaring faults which It Is supposed to
correct; absolutely Incorrect, in that
It Indicates that the pedal should bo
pressed down with the change of chord
Instead of immediately after; Illogical,
In that an up line Is supposed to rep
resent a down pedal and a diagonal line
a continued pedal, I can Bee no reason
for Its use. The sheet music published
by Theodore Presser, tho publisher of
tho Etude, contains the same faulty
method of pedal marking, nnd this,
too, notwithstanding Mr. Presser's at
tention has been called to It by promi
nent teachers.
o
L. T. 1 v.ns much Interested In your
account of tho largest organ in tho
world, printed In Inst Saturday's
Tribune, Will you please say whero
tho largest organ In tho United States
is?
Answer. The largest organ In tho
United States is in the Chicago audi
torium. This Instrument is tho fourth
largest organ In tho world. It wbb
built by Roosevelt, of New York
(Farrnnd & Votey, Detroit, successors),
In 1S89. It contnlns 109 sounding stops,
4 keyboards nnd pednl keyboard, 18
mcchanlcnl stops, 20 combination
pedals, 25 combination pistons and 7,124
pipes. Tho keyboards nro called
"great," "swell," "choir," "solo and
"pedal," The "echo" and "stnge" or
gans (the latter used In accompanying
operatic choruses, especially In church
scenes) aro played from tho "solo
keyboard. The organ has tho electric
action throughout, nnd Is at the left of
the stnge behind an ornamental screen,
none of tho pipes, not oven tho usual
display pipes, being in sight. Tho
largo console, containing the key
boards, couplers, etc., is in front of
tho stage, the connecting link to the
organ proper being nn electric cable.
The instrument was opened by Mr.
Clarence Eddy.
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Soma. In your nm.wer to II. M. S.
In Inst Saturduy's Trlbuno you seemed
to bo In doubt somewhat as to sing
ers singing In chorus. Why is It that
nearly all tho best singers in London
havo como from thoso splendid
choral organl7atlcns llko Barnbs
choir of moro. than four hundred
voices such singers, for Instance, ns
Cummlngs, Bait and Williams. Fran
con Davies, tho Welsh baritone, was
a choir boy und sang In tho Welsh
chorus In Wales. Again, In Boston,
why do teachers like Adams, Rotoll,
Whitney nnd a scoro of others of tho
best teachers ndvlse their pupils to
join the Handel nnd Haydn society,
tho Apollo club and the Cecilia club,
nnd not only so, but have private,
choruses of their own that their pupils
mav become acquainted with tho
splendid choral works of the masters
of tho past and present day?
Answer. If Soma will refer to my
answer to II. M. S. he will find that
tho opinion expressed with reference
to singing in a chorus contained sev
eral qualifying remarks. I said that
"If a singer Is careful never to force
the voice, it is not necessary that nny
injurious effects should follow from
singing In a chorus." The probability
of voice-forcing depends upon the
knowledge of voice culture possessed
by thoso who make up a chorus, and
also, and much more especially, upon
the Ideals of tho chorus conuucior. n
ho constantly Insists upon musical
tone-quality, blending and finish, there
need be no restrictions as to singing
in n chorus, except upon those who
have Just entered upon a course of
voice culture, nnd none upon them
after the voice has. In vocal parlance,
been thoroughly "placed." The answer
given last week applied to the world
at large and not to u few musical cen
tres where musical culture Is, nnd
ought to bo, on a higher plane. The
choral organizations of London, Bos
ton and New York are made up of
three classes of singers the profes
sional, the semi-professional nnd those
who, although belonging to neither of
these two clnsses, are constantly In
touch with them, and can not fall to
Imbibe a fund of vital principles re
garding the use nnd care of the voice
the more so that they are constantly
under conductors who are musicians
of the highest culture. Under these
conditions it is not surprising that
students are urged to connect them
selves with some chornl organization.
Aside from the real pleasure one re
ceives from singing In a chorus, and
the fact that ono Is helping to make
tho public production of great works
possible, there is the benefit derived
from seeing others interested In them,
and the ability gained in sight singing,
all of which can not be overestimated
In their inlluence upon musical cul
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Tenor What church tenor In tho
United States receives the largest sal
ary and whero does ho sins?
Answer. Tho church tenor receiving
the largest salary Is undoubtedly Evan
Williams, who, it is said, receives a
yearly salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars. He sings in the Marble Col
legiate church (Dutch Reformed, or
ganized under Peter Mlnnlt In 1G2S),
Fifth avenuo and Twenty-ninth street,
New York,
THE THIRTEENTH'S GUESTS
Incidents of a Pleasant Visit by a
Party of Ladles When the Regi
ment Was Stationed at Camp
Alger.
For The Tribune.
One bright day last summer, a caller
was nnnounced at a Washington home
who proved to be none other thnn an
old-time friend, then stationed nt tho
military post nt Camp Algor. about
eight miles from town. Very bravo
he looked In his handsome blue uni
form and military strap?, and much
roJolcliiB was there when he Invited
his hostess to maky up a party of five
nnd visit tho Thirteenth Pennsylvania
retlnient, stnylnK to dine nt the on
cers' mess at 0 o'clock, a few days
hence.
The recruiting of such a pnrty did
not take long, for every one was eager
to go, and so n Jolly crowd of girls with
u chaperono as fond of fun as them
u'lves started for camp, each carrying
tho oddest shaped bundles, which
contained well, we shall see later.
An ai my officer had given ono of the
party a card Knowing tho Insignia of
rank, which was intently studied ns
the train moved along, each oiliccr
that wnlkeil down tho car or boarded
tbo train at tho Intervening Htatlons,
being scanned by eager eyes and put
down as major, colonel, captain, etc.,
ns tho card und his shoulder straps Indicated.
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tirea aoz-
en pairs of
VVUIIICU b
Fine Hosiery for all day Friday
and Saturday evening. The lot
consists of women's fine guage
plain black, also with maw leet,
Jonas
When tho party alighted thev found
thijlr oiliccr eagerly nwaitlng them, and
the crowd was soon deposited bug and
baggage in nn army 'bus, nnd started
for tho camp. A short drive along
beautiful rolling country brought theso
guests to headquarters, and they ex
claimed with delight as they looked
out over field niter field, ns far ns tho
eye could reach, of white tents, laid
out in streets like a large village.
The officer's tent was a bit different
from the others, and upon Inquiry It
wns ascertained that tho convicts
(men who overstayed their lfavo In
town) had been working all tho day
before, planting little bushy Christmas
trees nround this particular tent to
make It look as fine ns possible when
the ladles should arrive. Inside every
thing wns in tho most Immaculate
trim, there being nothing superfluous
to clutter up the tiny room, each nrtl-
cle being whero It could be picked up
at a moment's notice and stowed away
In a camp chest. Steamer trunks plas
tered with foicign tags served ns bu
reaus and a soap box gave an Impro
vised wash stand, while a rustic seat
made a place where four of the guests
could sit, provided they sat close. Then
tho mascot of Company A wus pro
duced, which proved to be a tiny kit
ten found fast asleep in a cigar box.
After quarters had been Inspected tho
call was given for dinner formation for
the rank and file and very amusing
wns it to watch the men hustle around,
find their queer sauce-pans and coffee
cups, and march down to where the
cooks were serving rations, consisting
of hash, bread and coffee. The visitors
were told that when a camp Is first laid
out. a deep trench Is dug and filled
with logs, where a fire is built and after
the logs have burned to coals, the cook
ing Is done over them nnd very crisp
and nice does such a fire make the fish
or meat to be eaten.
Then a bov announced the officer's
mess ns ready and each oillcer with a.
girl proudly walking beside him,
marched down the field to the tent,
where a dinner was served which was
unique and Interesting to those who
had never eaten In a tent before.
Instead of the conventional hard
tack nnd beans or bacon, there was set
forth all the necessaries and many of
the luxuries of life. Then came the
opening of those mysterious bundles
which the girls hod brought, and the
men exclaimed In delight as there ap
peared fresh fruit from the city mar
kets, nnd a huge chocolate cake such
"os their mothers used to make," and
of which the War department heartily
disapproves, "as the boys eat so much
it generally makes them sick."
On the whole the meal was a great
success and much laughter attested to
the merriment of that particular mess.
After dinner there was much to see
and question about, a guard mount
taking place Just In front of the tent,
and new acquaintances being made
among the officers, who said It was a
great treat to have ladles In camp, and
fully attested It by their hospitable
efforts In behalf of their guests,
After guard mount, when every man
stood os If turned to stone, while his
arms were Inspected, the company's
band brought their camp chairs, plant
ed them directly In front of the ladles'
tent, and serenaded, with fine, stirring
music, until It was tlmo for the train
back to town. After presenting the
band leader with some very wilted and
dilapidated flowers, which ono of the
girls had worn at her belt, and thank
ing the men for the music, the little
party, each with an officer as escort,
strolled through a woody path towards
the station, turning Just at the edge of
the camp as the band played "Amer
ica" and every man in that great con
course stood erect, holding bis hat In
Ills hand, while tho setting sun made
a beautiful radiance over the picture,
giving a most solemn aspect to the
scene as one thought of whnt might be
In store for thoso same bravo boys in
the days to come. M. K. B.
Washington. Sept. 23.
Only $3.00
to New York und return via the Le
high Valley railroad. Tickets on sale
at city office, No. 309 Lackawanna ave
nue, or Delaware and Hudson Lacka
wanna avenue depot,
No Time Lost.
"I wonder why It Is that meetings of
tho unemployed aro always called on Bun.
day?"
"That Is so tho men v. ho allend will riot
be forced to Icao a duy from their work."
ExchanGO.
THE GREAT STORE.
On Account of a Holy Day
some with split feet, also in
pretty fancy colors, ispenal tor
b.U ..It .!., nnA Ct.
I liuay till unjr uuu kj.n- - -J
urday evening jZoC
School Shoes
Boys' Sol
id School
Shoes.new
styles; this quality you pay
$1.50 for. Your choice
Friday all day and Satur- q
day evening at SoC
Boys' Finest Casco Calf Lace
Shoes, dongola goat tops, regu
lar value $2.00. Your
choice all day Friday ,
and Saturday evening, 1 .45
Little Gent's Finest Quality
Box Calf Lace Shoes, sizes 9 to
l2, spring heel, positively
none better in the city
at Si.S. Ournrice.. I .Z,H
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5 Men's Shoes
Men's Kxtra
Quality Min
ing Shoes,
solid leather in every part. Sold
nlridiiiliicn rif Cf r r Ci
price yOC
Long's Sons
COAL MINING.
A system of pneumatic hnulage un
der ground was Introduced In ono of
the mines of Coxo Uros. & Co., at
Prifton a year ago nnd has been so
successful that several other collieries
are to be fitted with It. The firm aban
doned the small locomotives for haul
ing coal under ground, because the
vapor had a tendency to loosen tho
"top" or roof of the gangways nnd
various chambers throughout the
mines. It also rotted the pine timbers
used for "legs," "collars" and laggings,
and cnused the top to onve In frequent
ly, entailing large losses. Klectrlclty
and gas wero abandoned because either
wns liable to Ignite the gas In the
underground workings. The first new
nlr locomotive was built a little over
a year ago, und Is the Invention of n
Philadelphia man. With the exception
of n huge boiler or tank, the construc
tion of the nlr is like the steam locomo
tive, nnd It Is propelled In the snme
manner. The nlr tnnk Is not unlike
tho steam boiler of an engine, nnd Is
carried In the same position, thus do
ing awav with a tender. On nccount of
its pointed head It Is better" able to
cut Its way through tho he.Ty air of
a mine, attaining n high rate of speed.
The air Is supplied by an nlr compres
sor located on the surface. Tho nlr
Is pumped through two five-Inch pipes
into tho mine nt a pressure of Si.'O
pounds per square Inch. Ono of these
pipes runs to the bottom of the slope
und the other to tho end of the un
derground workings These pipes
serve ns n reservoir for the air. At
the ends of the lines and along the
route of tho locomotive nro stations
where the air tank of the engine can
be refilled when exhausted; exhaus
tion occurs frequently and without the
station pumps the engine would be
useless.
An Important and quite unlooked-for
result of the late strike of coal miners
in the Cardiff district is the opening of
new markets for American bituminous
coal. Invasion of the Urltish field by
coal produced in West Virginia is de
scribed by an English coal trade au
thority ns "appalling." and it Is pre
dicted that within a few years America
will have outstripped Europe In the
production of conl. Just us we have al
ready outstripped It In the produc
tion of pig Iron nnd steel. The cost of
taking out soft coal Is being lessened
every year a fact due to the Introduc
tion of machinery, nnd In n measure to
the employment of cheaper labor, the
latter rendered possible by the former.
It Is stated that West Virginia coal
can be delivered in English wnterH at
a total cost of Ss, Cd. to 9s. per ton,
against 9s. Cd. to 10s. for Welsh coal.
It looks ns though the vexatious prob
lem Involved In the overproduction of
bituminous might soon be solved by
tho opening of new markets in qunrters
hitherto deemed impossible of exploit
ation. It Is not unlikely, moreover,
that when soft coal shall have acquired
a foothold on British soli, anthracite
ulso can be marketed there to advan
tage, although tho difficulty of induc
ing the very conservative British pub
lic to change to a new fuel should not
be underestimated. In this connection
the fact may ho noted that the mining
interests of this country, as well ns of
Great Britain, have been Invited to
submit proposals for furnishing 120,000
tons of locomotive coal to the Brazilian
Central railroad. The coal Is to bo
similar In character and quality to the
Welsh coal, which Is virtually the same
as thut mined in West Virginia.
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President Wortman, of the Germnn
Lloyd Steamship compnnv. recently
said that thousands upon thousands of
people who annually cross the Atluntle
for pleasure nnd business generally
seek the pleasure of tho open decks In
pleasant weather, but find that pleas
ure marred by the offensive fumes
and tilt t resulting from the use of soft
coal, This fact 1ms been forcibly Im
pressed upon tho management, nnd ns
the North German Lloyd caters to thtj
comfort of Its patrons they are con
templating the use of anthracite coal
exclusively on their ocean liners, They
nre now building eight passenger ves
sels, ench of which will be equal to
the largest and best now in service,
und theso will with the others when
the change is made use anthracite coal,
Every miner Is n hero, for his life
is hourly beset by peril. The world Is
"8fc, 5
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
svivv
Men's Satin Calf Lace and
Congress Shoes, all shapes and
1 sizes, regular vajtie.pno
98c
, and 51.25. Our price..
Women's Shoes
Wo
men's Extra
Fine Surpass Shoes, in kid, but
ton and lace, heavy or light soles,
worth 52.50 and 53.00. Our
price Friday all day Q
I Saturday evening.... 1 ,yo
Women's Good Quality Don-
golo Kidskin Shoes, 5 styles here
and spring heel, worth
$1.50 99c
Hisses' Shoes Misses'
School
Shoes, lace
'and button, sole leather soles, in
' soles and counters, value
'$1.50. Our price ""C
Misses' Finest Tan Goat Lace
and Button Shoes, the $2 quality.
Will close out the lot Friday
1 all day and Saturday t t
evening at 1 ,Zt I
now ringing with praise of tho feat
performed by tho crew of the Mcrrl
mnc In tha .Santiago channel, and had
Lieutenant Hobson lost his life In that
daring uct n monument would havo
been erected to his memory, and ills
grave kept green by nn admiring peo
ple. Him we are proud of, and rightly,
too; but he was fired by the enthusi
asm of war, while there nre hundreds
of coal miners In the Kanawha vnllcy
whoso dally avocation leads them Into
positions equally ns dangerous, nnd to
them wo only offer contempt the one
feat Is performed for the pride of a,
nation, while the other Is contributed
to Its necessity; the one peril Is only
momentary, while the other is a con
tinuous monotonous drag, remarks the
Kanawha, W. Vn.. Gazette. Each day,
the coal miner takes bis life In his
hand, and each morning as the thinly
clad housewife places tho frugal meal
In the botte'red tin pail n, tear glistens
on her eyelash, for she does not know
wh?n 11 will be the last time. And as
she moves about performing her hum
ble household duties she Is continually
haunted by a foreboding of evil. A rap
at tho door startles her, for she Is in
constant expectation of the messenger
whose mission Is to inform her that
she is a widow. A confusion of voices
frightens her, for she knows not ne
I what hour tho crushed and lifeless re
mains of her once kind better half may
be conveyed a bleeding mass to her
humble home.
The preliminary work Incident to tho
construction of a new coal breaker at
Olyphant to be owned, nnd operated
by the Delaware and Hudson Canal
company, was begun yesterday. When
completed It will replace the old Grassy
Island colliery which will bo torn
down. The conl now being mined nt
that shaft will be cleaned at the new
breaker, as well us the coal from a
new shaft about to be sunk.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. 1
It is Time to Put a Limit on TheiC
Expense Accounts.
Colonel Stone at Williams' Grove.
Our critics complain of the expense
bills of Investigating committees. Sev
eral committees were appointed to in
vestigate the treasury, tho condition ot
the miners In the anthracite regions.
the condition of miners tu the bitumin
ous conl regions, the cause and origin
of the Capitol fire, abuses In the state
prisons, to Investigate the charges oC
bribery In the child's Insurance bills,
the oleomargarine investigation and
other committees. These committees
were appointed by Joint resolution.
Each resolution required to be passed
through both houses and to havo tho
approval of the governor.
It seems to me that after the oxperN
ence of these Investigating committees,
with a better knowledge concerning
them and with a belief that many com
mittees are appointed to conduct in
vestigations that are wholly unneces
sary, that the man who shall perform
the duties of governor during the next
session of the legislature might very
properly hesltote before giving his ap
proval to committees of Investigation
unless there wns great abuse and
wrong, and a demand for a better
knowledge to shape legislation to cor
rect the abuse nnd wrong. Whatever
criticism has been or that can be made
over the expenses made by investigat
ing committees must necessarily find
a lodgment only against the Individ
uals who rendered such expense ac
counts, und cannot In nny way, shapo
or form he charged agnlnst the Repub
lican party, or even be a subject of
criticism against It.
Spend Sunday at New York
nnd take Coney Island In, via the cele
brated Lehigh Volley railroad. Adults,
$3.00; children, $2.00.
Boyond ' Comprehension.
"Do you understand women''"
"Yes, I understand thein well enough
to know that I can't understand them
at all." Chicago Record.
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